ARTWORKGUIDE SCREENPRINTING DIRECT-TO-GARMENT EMBROIDERY POSTERPRINTING MUGPRINTING PHONECASEPRINTING
SCREENPRINTING Artworkguidelines Printspecifications Screenprinting,sometimesreferedtoassilkscreening,isaform ofgarmentprintinginwhich plastisol-basedinksarepressedthroughascreenontoagarment,leavingalayerofinkontopofthe fabric.screenprintingisthemostestablishedandwidely-usedform ofgarmentprintingavailable. Duringtheprintingprocess,asetofscreens(oneforeachcolorbeingprinted)rotatesaroundapressina carouselmotionandtakesturnsbeingpressedontoeachgarment. WerequirevectorEPSfilestobesubmitedforscreenprintorders. TheScalablePressAPIrequiresyouspecifywhichinkswilbeusedforscreenprintdesigns.Youcan specifyanycoatedpantonecolor(from arangeof100-7774c)orchooseoneofourstandardinkcolors. 32basecolors: Pantonematchingcosts$5percolor. AlartworksubmissionsforscreenprintingmustbeEPSfiles. Algraphicsmustbefulyvectorized. Altextmustbeoutlined. Usespotcolorsonly-matchoneofour32basecolors(listedbelow)oraPantonecolor. Separateartworkfilesrequiredtoprintonmultiplesidesofgarment. AthleticGold DarkGrey LightBlue Navy Purple Green Black Forest LightGrey OldGold Red Yelow Blue Grey LightPurple Olive Royal Brown HotPink Lime Orange Tan Charity Lemon Maroon Pink White Cardinal KelyGreen Magenta OrangeRed Turquoise
DIRECT-TO-GARMENT(DTG) Directtogarment(orDTG)printinginvolvesanadvancedinkjetprinterlayinginkdirectlyontoagarment. Theseprintsaregeneralythinnerthanscreenprints,alowingformoreintricatedesignsandasofterprint texture.thefulrangeofcolorinaphotographorgradientsofanimagecanbeexpressed. Werequirehigh-quality(150dpi)rasterPNGfilestobesubmitedforDTGprintorders. Artworkguidelines AlartworksubmissionsforDTGprintingmustbePNGfiles. Filesshouldbeatleast150DPIforoptimalprintquality. AlfilesshouldbeintheRGBcolorspace. Transparentbackground inkwilnotbeprintedontransparentpartsoftheartworkfile. Artworkwilbescaledtoprintspecificationsizeregardlessoffilemetadata. Separateartworkfilesrequiredtoprintonmultiplesidesofgarment. ForoptimalDTGprintquality,selectgarmentswiththehighestcotoncontent.
EMBROIDERY Embroideryisaclassichandicraftanddecorationtechniqueusinganeedletoapplythreadtotextiles. WerequireDST(DataStitchTajima)filesforalembroideryorders. Artworkguidelines Artworkmustbedigitizedin.dstformatbeforesubmission. Chooseamaximum of15threadcolorspergarment,combinedforupto2printlocations.wedonot curentlysupportleftandrightchestprintingonthesamegarment. Onedesigncanbeprintedperlocation. Printlocationsforgarmentsincludeleftchest,rightchest,leftsleeve,andrightsleeve.Frontpanelis theonlyavailableprintlocationforheadwear. Printspecifications Weofer15standardthreadcolors(sequences)atourflatrate.Wealsoprovidethefulrangeof Robison-AntonSuperBritePolyester(40wt)threadasspecialitycolors. 15standardthreadcolors: Specialtycolorsavailablefor$0.25percolor.
POSTERS Weofertrueborderlessprintingforposters,whichmeansnoextramargins-ful-colordigitalprinting, edgetoedge. Alpostersareprintedonpremium 200gsm glossormatepaperwithaqueousink,suitedforful-color digitalartprints. Werequirehigh-quality(150dpi)rasterPNGfilestobesubmitedforposterprintingorders. Artworkguidelines AlartworksubmissionsforposterprintingmustbePNGfiles. Filesshouldbeatleast150DPIforoptimalprintquality. AlfilesshouldbeintheRGBcolorspace. Dependingondesiredorientation,widthorheightmustbe17"or24"tofitavailablewidthrols. 17 or24 any height 17 or24 anywidth
SUBLIMATION Sublimationprintingoccurswheninkistransferedbyheatandpressuretoaspecialytreatedsurface. Theseprintsfeaturevibrant,high-fidelitycolorandareverydurable.Weusesublimationprintingforour phonecasesandmugs,producingaccurateresults. Werequirehigh-quality(150dpi)rasterPNGfilestobesubmitedforsublimationprintorders. Artworkguidelines Mugprinting AlartworksubmissionsforsublimationprintingmustbePNGfiles. Filesshouldbeatleast150DPIforoptimalprintquality. AlfilesshouldbeintheRGBcolorspace. Blackmugsrequireblackbackground. Themugartworksizerepresentsthefulwidthofthemugfrom theleftedgeofthehandlearoundto therightedge. Phonecaseprinting AlartworksubmissionsforsublimationprintingmustbePNGfiles. Filesshouldbeatleast150DPIforoptimalprintquality. AlfilesshouldbeintheRGBcolorspace. Ourphonecaseprintsareafulwrapofthebackandsideofthecase.Whenaphoneisplacedinside thecase,alvisibleareasareprinted.becauseofthevaryingsizesofthephonecases,theprovided artworkrepresentsafulbleed.thebleedsizedependsonthephonecasesizeordered. Artworktemplatesformugsandphonecasesavailableatscalablepress.com/services.
GARMENTPRINTSPECIFICATIONS Inadditiontoadheringtoourartworkguidelines,itisalsoimportanttospecifydesignlocationtoensure yourartworkisaccuratelyplaced. TheScalablePressAPIrequiresthefolowinginformationforeachprintlocation: Printposition Printdimensions Inkcolors-screenprintonly(refertoScreenprintingforinkspecifications)
GARMENTPRINTSPECIFICATIONS(continued) Dimensions Thedimensionsfortheartworkshouldbeprovidedininchesforeitherthedesiredwidthorheight.Ifa widthisgiven,thentheheightisautomaticalyscaled,preservingartworkaspectratio.ifaheightis given,thethewidthwilbescaled. Maximum printsizesforscreenprintinganddtg: Adultgarments 14"x16" Youth/smalladiesgarments 10"x12" Sleeveprints 4"x4" Ifartworkdoesnotfitthemaxprintarea,itwilbescaledtofit. SLEEVEPRINTS foralgarments 4 16 4 14 ADULTGARMENTS 12 10 YOUTH/PETITEGARMENTS
STANDARD PMS COLOR CHART COLOR PREVIEW COLOR PMS (ACCURACY*) Lemon 106(1) Yellow 115 (1) Athletic Gold 1235 (1) Orange 1585 (2) Orange-Red 179C (1) Red 1797 (2) Cardinal Red 201 (2) Maroon 7638C (2) Charity Pink 211 (3) Pink 182 (1) Hot Pink 806 (3) Magenta 240 (1) Light Purple 2563 (2) Purple 7447 (3) Light Blue 304C (2) Turquoise 631 (2) Blue 2945 (3) Royal Blue 287 (3) Navy 2767 (2) Lime 7487 (1) Green 356C (2) Kelly Green 342C (3) Forest Green 3435 (3) Tan 7501 (3) Olive 392 (1) Old Gold 125C (1) Brown 7602 (2) Light Grey 420 (1) Grey 7539 (3) Dark Grey 425 (1) Black Black White White *ALL PMS CODES ARE COATED. *Accuracy is with regards to our Standard Colors compared to PMS equivalents: (1) Very close to match (2) Commercially acceptable (3) Closest available Pantone
STANDARD THREAD COLOR CHART COLOR PREVIEW COLOR ROBISON ANTON COLOR Manila 5766 Scholastic 5765 TH Gold 5906 Dk. Texas Orange 5769 Radiant Red 5566 Warm Wine 5796 Vanessa Purple 9057 PN Navy 5824 Blue 5520 Cerulean 5801 Kelly Green 5540 Gray Flannel 9117 Otter Gray 9115 Snow White 5597 Black 5596 SPECIALTY COLORS AVAILABLE FOR $0.25 PER COLOR PER ITEM.